David Mikkelson
David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994 as a creative outgrowth of his wide-ranging interests in a variety of subjects (particularly folklore) and his professional expertise in the computer industry. Handling everything from researching and writing articles about urban legends to managing the site’s technical infrastructure, David saw snopes.com (which antedated the development of automated search engines) quickly become the go-to place for Internet users to query about anything questionable they encountered online, establishing it as the oldest and best known online fact-checking outlet operating today. David’s educational background includes a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas (San Antonio) and about a zillion course hours of post-graduate classes at California State University Northridge taken with no particular degree program in mind. His previous employment encompassed stints with the News-Chronicle (newspaper), Teledyne Electronics, USPS, JPL, Digital Equipment Corporation, Rocketdyne, and Health Net (HMO).
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 9, 2008
Is the 'Luther Burger,' a cheeseburger served on a Krispy Kreme donut, named after R&B singer Lu ...
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March 9, 2008
Can significance can be found in numbers relating to the 9/11 attacks?
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March 5, 2008
Are gang initiates in Montgomery, Alabama, sneaking into cars at service stations and raping whi ...
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March 4, 2008
Rumor: Photograph shows a 'redneck mansion' composed of several linked trailers.
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March 4, 2008
Video shows U.S. Marines in Iraq throwing a puppy off a hillside.
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March 3, 2008
Rumor: Editorial identifies anachronisms in Barack Obama's 2007 Selma speech.
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March 2, 2008
Web site offers a program for participating and investing in the business of 'Canine Sport Fight ...
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March 1, 2008
Were pills found in Gorton's fish fillets?
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March 1, 2008
Is Oprah Winfrey sponsoring a 'New Age Christ' course that contradicts the teachings of Christia ...
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Feb. 26, 2008
Photographs show the aftermath of record snowstorms in Oswego, New York.
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Feb. 25, 2008
"The influence of video games in our lives has really arrived, wouldn't you say?"
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Feb. 20, 2008
Claims that archaeologists discovered Pharaoh's chariot and the bones of horses and men under th ...
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Feb. 19, 2008
Is Barack Obama's presidential campaign being funded by Hugo Chávez?
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Feb. 19, 2008
Does a photograph show an in-flight airliner with panels missing from one of its engines?
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Feb. 19, 2008
An image of inattentive workmen who have accidentally trapped their van within a barrier of boll ...
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Feb. 19, 2008
Easter Sunday occurs unusually early and late in 2008 and 2011.
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Feb. 19, 2008
Web site provides listings of violent criminals residing in your neighborhood.
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Feb. 17, 2008
Welfare queen decries New Orleans public housing.
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Feb. 14, 2008
Reports that Barack Obama said he would replace the U.S. national anthem with the song 'I'd Like ...
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